Paris 2024 Olympics: find out which athletes will come to prepare near you by July

L'équipe de France de judo effectuera un stage terminal au Creps de Montpellier du 4 au 12 juillet. Midi Libre – SYLVIE CAMBON

With the Olympic and Paralympic Games less than five months away, the sites of the Occitanie Region are popular with numerous selections for preparation courses. State of affairs.

French judokas and Australian rugby players in Montpellier, Cuban volleyball players in Sète, Czech and Polish athletes in Font-Romeu… There will definitely be athletes preparing for the Olympics near you between now and July 26, the date of the opening ceremony.

A map of officially recorded courses which will further evolve between now and July. Midi Libre – Antoine Llop

The 76 sites labeled Games Preparation Centers (CPJ) will welcome more than 1,500 Olympic athletes from 47 countries spread over nearly 200 courses since 2023, around a quarter of which will be hosted by French teams. If no course is yet official in Gard by July, several should be held soon, notably in archery and at Grau-du-Roi for the month of July. Argentina handball team. In fact, other developments are expected by the summer, with certain federations waiting to know their precise contingent of qualifiers before positioning themselves.

L'Aude hopes for "nice surprises"

In Aude, the late renovation of certain facilities delayed the finalization of internships but "nice surprises" cannot be ruled out in Narbonne and Carcassonne , according to Kamel Chibli, vice-president of the Region in charge of sports.

Also read: Kamel Chibli: "We want to make the Occitanie region a real open-air gymnasium"

The three Creps of Montpellier, Font-Romeu and Toulouse are obviously the sites which will host the most courses, but other sites will welcome prestigious athletes like the basin of Canet-en-Roussillon for Australian swimmers and the French water polo team.

"These courses will represent 25,000 nights and will also have repercussions in terms of image",& nbsp;welcomes Vincent Garrel, president of the Occitanie Regional Tourism and Leisure Committee.